Student who shot classmate to graduate, no jail time

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About 500 students will graduate this weekend from Atlanta's prestigious Morehouse College. One person who won't be there is Rashad Johnson, shot three times by a fellow student. But the shooter will receive his diploma -- part of a plea deal that spared him up to 20 years in prison.
Joshua Brandon Norris was given a plea deal that avoided jail time and mandated he stay in college.



http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/morehouse.justice/index.html#
It's a puzzling case that raises a huge question: How can this be?




Even Atlanta's chief district attorney, Paul Howard, is outraged by the generous plea deal, an offer that was made by a prosecutor under his command.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/morehouse.justice/index.html
 
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An absolute miscarriage of justice, IMO.
 
Maybe attending a "prestigious" school = money and contacts in the family.
 
That is just bizarre. How did that Pros sneak that plea by the boss Pros? I really hate plea bargains. The only reason they are offered is so the state can avoid paying for a trial. The victim is the one who gets screwed in a plea deal.
 
About 500 students will graduate this weekend from Atlanta's prestigious Morehouse College. One person who won't be there is Rashad Johnson, shot three times by a fellow student. But the shooter will receive his diploma -- part of a plea deal that spared him up to 20 years in prison.
Joshua Brandon Norris was given a plea deal that avoided jail time and mandated he stay in college.



http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/morehouse.justice/index.html#
It's a puzzling case that raises a huge question: How can this be?




Even Atlanta's chief district attorney, Paul Howard, is outraged by the generous plea deal, an offer that was made by a prosecutor under his command.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/morehouse.justice/index.html

:furious: :furious: :furious: :furious: :furious: :furious:
WHAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM COMING TO?
 

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